THURSDAYMay 4

10:00-10:30 AMBeverly Cottman as Auntie Beverly delivers wisdom of the ages by telling stories, folktales, and fables rooted in African and African-American traditions. Her storytelling sessions pass on values, celebrate culture, and invite the listener to join in the telling.

1:30-2:00 PMPhouc Thi Minh Tran, librarian, storyteller and award winning author brings alive her favorite stories and legends from Vietnam. In2015 her Vietnamese Children’s Favorite Folktales won the Creative Child Magazine Book of the Year Award and theMoonbeam Children’s Gold Medal Book Award.

FRIDAYMay 5

10:00-10:30 AMNothando Zulu shares stories ofwit and wisdom that bring to life colorful folktale characters from the African Diaspora. Nothando has been sharing stories professionally since 1976.

11:00-11:30 AMLarry Johnson tells tales from Scandinavia, Germany, and the North Sea that separates them. Because the Nobel Peace Prize comes from Scandinavia, and since his people all come from the imaginative "make do on nothing" land of Smaland, Sweden, Larry also plays “Music for Weapons and Wasted Reduction” on items rescued from the landfills of the world.

1:30-2:00 PMNancy Donoval tells some of her favorite stories for older students and adults. Tales may come from the British Isles, Germany or Slovakia/Bohemia.

SATURDAYMay 6

Brother Timothy (Tim Frantzich) plays music and shares a story from Norse Mythology. These are wild tales full of red beards, arrows, golden apples, evil, mischief, protection and wooden ships. www.wisdomstories.weebly.com

Kevin Strauss an Award-Winning Author and Storyteller, tells “Saving the Moon and Other Silly Stories of Germany and Russia.”

11:00 to NoonStorytelling Workshop “A Crash Course in Storytelling” is a hands-on workshop for Adults and Children Grade 4 and older led by author and storyteller Kevin Strauss. It will help you discover easy ways to find, craft, and tell short folktales.

1:00-1:30 PMPam Schweitzer shares traditional tales from her German heritage. Pam is a teacher who loves getting a daily dose of energy from her students.

3:00 to 3:30 PM

Kevin Strauss an award-winning Author and Storyteller shares stories that make you smile, make you think. You can watch him tell stories at www.StoryLibrary.org and visit his website at www.NatureStory.com.

Sue Searing shares a classic tale or two form Germany or England, almost certainly including “The Bremen Town Musicians.”

8:30-9:30 PMGhost Story Concert

Danielle Daniel Whether you believe in ghosts or not you will love these haunting, spooky tales. Some are true creepy stories inspired by real life events. Others are pure fiction designed to send a shiver down your spine.

Sue Searing tells the spooky-funny British story “The Ghost of Gruesome Gables” and a scary tale form the Brothers Grimm.

Richard Rousseau shares a ghost story told through the voice of the captain of the Titanic.

SUNDAYMay 7

Noon-12:30 PMMrs. Banlang Phommasouvang, a Lao instructor in the Minneapolis public schools for 29 years,shares Lao tales. Since she was a teenager in Laos she has told stories which she learned from her parents and other Lao elders.

1:00-1:30 PMDanielle Daniel tells some of her favorite African stories and folktales while moving to the beat of the African drum. You will laugh, sing along and leave inspired. www.danielledaniel77.com